| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
300.462 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to understand how mathematics is learned; demonstrate the skills required to plan, teach and evaluate a mathematics program at the lower secondary level that fosters learning; and develop their own effective approach to teaching. |
| Content |
This unit is delivered as a series of interactive workshops, each focused on a specific practical aspect of mathematics teaching including preparing an engaging lesson introduction; linking teaching to lesson objectives; assessing quality, understanding and outcomes specified in the Curriculum Framework; enhancing learning with technology; and promoting student discussion. |
| Assessment |
This is by means of two assignments designed to assess the planning and programming competencies of beginning mathematics teachers.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student or a student enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Education who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Assistant Professor Sarah Hopkins-Minett |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: enrolment in a Bachelor of Education, Master of Teaching or Graduate Diploma in Education course or combined course; for students in the Bachelor of Education combined course: EDUC2202 Constructions of Teachers' Work |
| Advisable prior study: at least two Level 1 and two Level 2 units in mathematics |
Contact hours—lectures/seminars: 2 x 1.5 hrs per week for 10 weeks
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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